Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
99
62
49
35
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High86109
1080p Ultra6988
1440p Ultra5064
4K Ultra2836
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy75719983
Solar Bay3417925927
Port Royal41342255
Fire Strike1976829332
Night Raid8491895126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur144.4 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark747937
DirectX 11110 fps151 fps
DirectX 1253 fps65 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase423 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.13894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU106 GP102
Price 349 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 1920 3584
TMUs 120 224
ROPs 48 88
Execution Units 30 28
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 240 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 160 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 192 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

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